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...and Landscape Curiosities

FILEY, East Riding

Church Cliffe Farmhouse Dovecote         TA 117 811

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The dovecote at Church Cliffe Farmhouse was built in about 1700 and re-roofed with slate in the 19th century. The four walls are lined with nesting boxes and landing platforms.








Date taken: 2011

Mausoleum                                                         TA 119 811

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The ornate Gothic mausoleum for the Rudston family is in St Oswald's churchyard.










Date taken: 2011

Muston Mill                                                        TA 107 799

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A windmill was first recorded in 1341 but the one that remains as a shell is probably 19th century. It was already derelict in 1932.

​A High Tide in Short Wellies                            TA 120 808

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The 12 feet tall steel sculpture of a fisherman by Roy Lonsdale was donated by Maureen Robinson in 2012.

See also 'Freddie Gilroy and the Belsen Stranglers', at SCARBOROUGH, North Riding. 








Date taken: 2014

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